Parts of Speech

Ofsted chief: a quarter of 'outstanding' schools may be downgraded

10 Feb 2012

Sir Michael Wilshaw says unless schools have outstanding teaching, they could be stripped of that rating overall A quarter of schools rated as outstanding may be downgraded from this autumn, the chief inspector of England's schools has warned. In his first speech as head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw said that unless schools had outstanding teaching, they could be stripped of an overall ...

Driver leaves trail of damage

10 Feb 2012

DUDLEY - A drunken driver left a trail of damaged property and truck parts through two towns before crashing his Ford pickup truck into an above-ground swimming pool, fleeing in the woods and then being apprehended, according to a police account.

Corpus Christi's State of the City is challenges met, challenges yet

10 Feb 2012

Mayor Joe Adame's annual State of the City speech Wednesday accentuated the positive, true to his nature and to how things actually are. The same Thursday Caller-Times Page One that reported his speech under the headline "A city headed for prosperity" included another story about a 14 percent increase in sales tax receipts in December. Prosperity is a perception and retail sales gains are a ...